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How we work

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Read the policies, reports, and plans on how we address issues like racism and reduce our carbon footprint, ensuring our actions align with the highest ethical standards.

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What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

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Where we work

In more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.

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MSF Access

MSF Access pushes for access to, and the development of, life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.

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CRASH

Based in Paris, CRASH conducts and directs studies and analysis of MSF actions. They participate in internal training sessions and assessment missions in the field.

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UREPH

Based in Geneva, UREPH (or Research Unit) aims to improve the way MSF projects are implemented in the field and to participate in critical thinking on humanitarian and medical action.

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ARHP

Based in Barcelona, ARHP documents and reflects on the operational challenges and dilemmas faced by the MSF field teams.

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MSF Analysis

Based in Brussels, MSF Analysis intends to stimulate reflection and debate on humanitarian topics organised around the themes of migration, refugees, aid access, health policy and the environment in which aid operates.

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MSF Supply

This logistical and supply centre in Brussels provides storage of and delivers medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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MSF Logistique

This supply and logistics centre in Bordeaux, France, provides warehousing and delivery of medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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Amsterdam Procurement Unit

This logistical centre in Amsterdam purchases, tests, and stores equipment including vehicles, communications material, power supplies, water-processing facilities and nutritional supplements.

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Brazilian Medical Unit

BRAMU specialises in neglected tropical diseases, such as dengue and Chagas, and other infectious diseases. This medical unit is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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MSF Medical Guidelines

Our medical guidelines are based on scientific data collected from MSF’s experiences, the World Health Organization (WHO), other renowned international medical institutions, and medical and scientific journals.

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Epicentre

Providing epidemiological expertise to underpin our operations, conducting research and training to support our goal of providing medical aid in areas where people are affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or excluded from health care.

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Evaluation Units

Evaluation Units have been established in Vienna, Stockholm, and Paris, assessing the potential and limitations of medical humanitarian action, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of our medical humanitarian work.

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LGBTQI+ Inclusion in Health Settings

MSF works with LGBTQI+ populations in many settings over the last 25-30 years. LGBTQI+ people face healthcare disparities with limited access to care and higher disease rates than the general population.

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LUXOR

The Luxembourg Operational Research (LuxOR) unit coordinates field research projects and operational research training, and provides support for documentation activities and routine data collection.

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MSF Academy for Healthcare

To upskill and provide training to locally-hired MSF staff in several countries, MSF has created the MSF Academy for Healthcare.

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Humanitarian Law

This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

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MSF Paediatric Days

The MSF Paediatric Days is an event for paediatric field staff, policy makers and academia to exchange ideas, align efforts, inspire and share frontline research to advance urgent paediatric issues of direct concern for the humanitarian field.

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MSF Foundation

The MSF Foundation aims to create a fertile arena for logistics and medical knowledge-sharing to meet the needs of MSF and the humanitarian sector as a whole.

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DNDi

A collaborative, patients’ needs-driven, non-profit drug research and development organisation that is developing new treatments for neglected diseases, founded in 2003 by seven organisations from around the world.

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MSF Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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Geo MSF

The GeoMSF platform is a dynamic one-stop-shop website for all of MSF's GIS related services and products. Access maps and applications through the catalogue, request geographical support, or produce a map on GeoMSF.

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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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1390 Results
 
MSF teams in and around Mosul have received more than 1,800 patients in need of urgent or lifesaving care in the last two months. 1,500 of them needed treatment for conflict related trauma. As the scale of the non-trauma needs also became apparent, MSF opened maternity services in eastern Mosul at the beginning of February, and since then the teams have assisted 100 births and performed 80 C-sections.
Iraq

Thousands of wounded and sick coming from western Mosul

“The need for emergency medical care has risen drastically,” said Dr Isabelle Defourny, MSF director of operations. Press Release - 22 Mar 2017
 
People walk down a street in Bustan Al Kasr neighbourhood after it was hit by airstrikes in mid-October 2016.
Syria

Warring groups must allow aid to population in need

MSF reiterates its call to warring groups to allow access to Syria so that victims of the war can receive medical assistance. Statement - 14 Mar 2017
 
In the picture, a man who suffered a mine explosion is being treated for his wounds by an MSF doctor.
Syria

No eyes on the ground

In its 45-year history, MSF has used its presence in the field and its proximity to patients to bear witness and bring the plight of populations affected by disease, natural disasters and conflicts to the world’s attention. Project Update - 13 Mar 2017
 
Heavy damaged sustained by al-Bayan hospital in July
Syria

Changes in medical practice in Syria

This report seeks to detail some of the ways in which the provision of medical care has been compromised or forced to adapt in light of security threats. Report - 13 Mar 2017
 
MSF surgical team while finishing an operation in MSF supported hospital, the General Rural Hospital of Thi As Sufal District, Ibb governorate.
Yemen

A year of life-saving activities in Ibb

“Since the beginning of the war, medical needs in the country have exploded,” says Satoru Ida, MSF head of mission in Yemen. Press Release - 9 Mar 2017
 
Clashes have intensified over the last months in Al Bab area of Aleppo governorate. Some of the areas that were previously under the control of Islamic State (IS) host today a range of people that goes from locals who were working in places like Aleppo city but came back to their homes because of the conflict or internally displaced people coming from different areas of Al Bab. MSF is providing primary healthcare in some locations. The average of patients arriving to one of the health centers is more than 100 a day. In the picture, patients walk through a corridor.
Syria

Bringing aid close to the frontline

An overview of the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Aleppo governorate, in the north of Syria, and the situation the population is faced with. Photo Story - 8 Mar 2017
 
Sara Ferrer, a nurse practitioner, has worked for almost ten years for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She began her career in the Democratic Republic of Congo, "a real training camp". There, sudden outbreaks of diseases such as measles, cholera, or meningitis require rapid emergency mobilization. After a professional tour including several African countries and also Yemen, Ferrer is currently coordinator of the medical projects MSF has in areas of Aleppo governorate in northern Syria.
Syria

The war has left tens of thousands of children unvaccinated

Sara Ferrer, a nurse who is coordinating the medical projects of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in areas of Aleppo governorate, explains the risks. Voices from the Field - 8 Mar 2017
 
An ambulance awaits at the entrance of the Haydan hospital. A pregnant woman who had arrived with complication is being referred to the main hospital in Sa’ada city.
Yemen

MSF resumes medical work in Haydan hospital

“The situation is worsening by the day in Yemen and people’s need for medical care keeps rising,” says Ghassan Abou Chaar, MSF representative in Yemen. Press Release - 2 Mar 2017
 
Sixteen-year-old Yousef is improving every day after an intense operation and regular physiotherapy at the MSF Reconstructive Surgery Hospital in Amman, Jordan. Yousef suffered third-degree burns, and was unable to move his upper body after he was attacked by thieves, who set fire to him and stole his motorbike in Baghdad, Iraq. “After the attack, he used to stay in his room, and not want to see anyone, but since the surgery, and being at the hospital, he socialises with everyone, he doesn’t want to leave the place, he has so many friends here,” says Yousef’s mother. Pictured here, Yousef is working with physiotherapist Sajdy Moalla, developing strength and mobility in his arms and neck, to prevent further contractions in the future. Yousef’s dream is to be able to go to America one day, to visit his relatives in California.
Jordan

A new life for war-wounded Iraqis

"The need for reconstructive surgery in Iraq is very big due to the continuous conflict since 2003 and the financial situation our country is facing," says Dr Omar. Project Update - 27 Feb 2017
 
The MSF-supported hospital in Ma’arat Al Numan before it was attacked and destroyed on Monday 15th Feb. At least 25 people were killed, including nine staff members. The 30-bed hospital had 54 staff, two operating theatres, an outpatient department and an emergency room. The outpatient department treated around 1500 people a month, the ER carried out an average of 1,100 consultations a month, and around 140 operations a month, mainly orthopaedic and general surgery, were carried out in the operating theatres. MSF has been supporting this hospital since September 2015 and covered all the needs of the facility including provision of medical supplies and running costs.
Attacks on medical care

Hospital bombings: Building evidence with images

Nearly 100 medical facilities belonging to, or supported by, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been bombed since 2015. Project Update - 15 Feb 2017
Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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